Thread: New Pen Turner - Addicted

Hope you weren't in a national park hehe, deer antler and burls , whatever next

You will find it hard to stop there though, you see everything with different eyes ,Hmmm !what sort of a pen would that make , cheers nice work

Welcome to the addiction.

You will find that from now on, every time you go bush walking your always gonna have a look out for new pen blanks that you can salvage.

Very nice work. You must have some experioence though, doing a cartridge pen would be a big step for an absolute beginner.

Nice work indeed! That burl is beautiful

Thanks for the comments.

Buzz,

Have done some turning 20 years ago, but only basic bowls with a scraper, these two pens were my first use of a skew.

This whole thing could get expensive as I now need a good lathe and chisel and ....

I did an earlier burl which didn't come out quite as I wanted and I tried a BLO and CA finish, made the burl 'Pop' a lot more. The one above is with hut PPP (White).

I'll make another one and post the the difference.

Howdy,

Nice start. As a complete new turner in general & pens (when I get my equipment that is) I must say, I hope my first efforts turn out that well.

Russell.

As i looked through the Tasmanian Zoo, their was a deer with only 1/2 and antler!!!!, only joking. Well done mag, I really like the Burl, I think that a "thicker" style pen, maybe a Sierra or a Vista Sierra(slightly bigger body) would really show up that beautiful burl. You did good! Amos